Staff Nurse - PICU Job London area,Greater London England UK,Nursing

Location: Greater London

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Main area Paediatric Intensive Care Grade Band 5 Contract Permanent Hours

Full time
Part time

37.5 hours per week (Mix of long days, nights and weekends.) Job
-HL-8181553

Site Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust Town London Salary £38,488 - £46,852 pro rata per annum inclusive Salary period Yearly Closing 01/11/2026 23:59

Job overview

We are currently looking for Experienced Band 5 Senior Staff Nurses.

We offer a fantastic world class education programme which will help you develop your specialist knowledge and skills.

What we can offer you?

Opportunity to develop skills involving the management of deteriorating patients, ventilation, chest drains, post-operative care, complex discharges, child development and inotropes.
Procedures, pre and post transplant care (heart and lung)
1:1 meetings with ward manager every 3 months, with structured feedback
Ward level educational support on shift
Completion of competency documents
Career progression including education and specialist nursing roles
Self-rostering
Staff accommodation
Interest Free season ticket loan
Cycle to work scheme

No paediatric practice, no problem! We welcome everyone with an interest in joining this exciting field of clinical practice.

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* Please note:

the working pattern for this role is a mix of long days, nights and weekends. We will also not be accepting applications from Newly Registered Practitioners (NRP's) for these vacancies.**

Main duties of the job

To provide the highest standard of nursing care for the children, young people and their families at all times.
To plan, assess, implement and evaluate programmes of care for individual children and to supervise other staff in this activity.
To ensure an ongoing welcoming, caring and safe environment is provided for the children, young people and their families.
To act as an advocate for the child, young person and family, providing them with information and support and directing them to the relevant support services where appropriate
To supervise and support members of the ward team as required, ensuring that all patients receive appropriate care
To ensure that treatments prescribed by the medical staff are carried out, and that multidisciplinary team members are informed of changes in the patient’s condition
To actively assist in the education and practical training of learners and junior staff at every opportunity. To work in co-operation with their university in order to provide uniformity and promotion of professional standards.
To participate in informal and formal teaching.
To maintain confidentiality surrounding the child’s or young person’s admission and treatment at all times
To ensure that all patient care is documented, and that all relevant
documentation is completed accurately and within agreed timescales using Trust approved documentation, in line with NMC, CQC and Trust standards

Working for our organisation

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust (GOSH) is an international centre of excellence in child healthcare. GOSH is an acute specialist paediatric hospital with a mission to provide world-class care to children and young people with rare, complex and difficult-to-treat conditions.
Together with our research partner, the UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, we form the UK’s only academic Biomedical Research…